davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-07-01

in his several capacities as secretary, treas
urer. superintendent of construction and
general financial agent for the institution,
can give no definite information as to how
it was invested, except that it was all by
him judiciously invested.
In the fuel account, out of which in June
and July, 1885, Colby drew $3.50 for fuel
purchased from the Northwestern Fuel
company, the statement of the fuel COM
pany shows that for one year, beginning
June l, 1883, they only sold Colby for the
institution S4,63252 worth of coal; but
Colby again in January, 1886, draws for
Sl.750 worth of coal bought of the North
western Fuel company, and again in
March, 1886, for 62 tons, bought of the
Northwestern Fuel company, S54250. In
all, as per Colby vouchers, for coal from
North western Fnal cOmnanv,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-07-01
A NEGLIGENT BOARD.

A NEGLIGENT BOARD,
The Report Of Public Examiner Har-
ris ON the Management OF the
Yankton Insane Hospital.
The Trustees Have Overlooked Their
Duties as an Advisory Beard
and Violated the Law.
Various Funds are Taken out of the
Stewards Hands and EX-
pended by the Board.
Through A. E. Colby. who is Selected
Secretary and Business Man.
ager of the Outfit.
The Money Drawn on Vouchers in
Favor of Colby and Certified
to by the Same Party.
Colby Fails to Make Satisfactory
Statement and Shortage
0fSS5 ,471.53 is Found.
Governor Church Expresses His Dis
approval of the Continuance
of the Present Management.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-07-01

$500. Colby in testifying admits that he
had made the contract with Dewey prior
to the time of commencing work.
From the investigation just made, find
there is shortage in the following funds
handled by Colby:
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-07-01

The high license law goes into effect in
Minnesota to-day.
The evening world., 1887-12-12

swering that then there would nave been no
fraudulent cancellation, as if at the Gastric
Office.
Can you tell me when these stamps were
issued 2" he asked. rather CURLY, for he did
not believe her testimony, handing her the
American tye-cent stamped envelope found
in the book, addressed TO Roderick Random.
Sylvia studied it for a moment.
"Yes, sir" she replied, modestly. They
are the re-engraved stamps issued by our
Government about two weeks after papa was
arrested 2"
Are you sure, my dear child?" the
Recorder asked her when the sensation had
subsidized. These stamps have been in use
a long time"
The old stamps that were like them; but
these are on different paper, and there are
slight changes. Any stamp dealer will tell
you that / Am right. These are of the new
issue in October-the retouched dies"
Browns counsel had already sent one mes
senger to the Post Office, and another to two
stamp dealers in Nassau street. When Sylvia
stepped down from the witness chair her
place was taken by a clerk sent by Mr.. Pear
son, who testified that the stamps in question
were issued Oct. IS, corroborating Sylvia in
the fullest manner. After another clerk had
sworn to the same effect, three dealers in for
eign postage stamps testified that Sylvia
was perfectly right about the Santa Lucia
stamp, that II had not even been proposed
when the letter was dated. and that the en-
velope had never passed through the mails.
By consent. the case was adjourned until
the next day, in view of the important bear
ing of this testimony, In order that the saw
tngs banks autograph ledgers might DO en-
The evening world., 1887-12-12
100 Doses One Dollar

did you receive this envelope at any time
last year with any letter in it 2"
u do not think l did, " Brown replied
but / received SO many that l could not
swear / did not"
~ know you did not, papa" Sylvia said
confidently. her sweet, clear, childish treble
being heard in every part of the dusky room.
At this there was a small ripple of confusion.
The lawyer turned to her a Gliding face
and shook his head.
THAT postage stamp was not used until
July of this year. The design was only
approved in April last and, besides, that
envelope never went through the mail, I" said
Sylvia. apologetically, but 30 that she was
heard by every one.
The lawyer was quick. Like a fash cam
tina thought that his client might be inno-
cent, and, guilty or innocent, here was his
only chance, even if il proved q broken reed.
In another moment he had finished with
Brown. There was no examination,
and Sylvia was put in the witness chair.
She testified that the 211d. Santa Lucia
stamp on the envelope containing the
letter from Waterman had been engraved
in April and not issued until July. When
the letter had been dated no such stamp
was in existence, and postage was paid
by two or more stamps that the stamp was
cancelled by o buffer, which was not permit
ted in any English post-ofhce. and that the
envelope could not have passed through the
mails, because 1t lacked the American counter
stamp on the back.
When the Assistant District-Attorney
asked X IL might not have. been delivered, he
was q little Vexsd ct her promptnesa in an
The evening world., 1887-12-12
Catarrh TO CONSUMPTION.

cstarh In its destructive force stands merit to' and
undoubtedly leads on TO consumption. 10 IL therefore
singular that those ahnicted with this fearful disease
should not make II tho object Of thcr lives 10 rid them
selves Of II. Deceptive remedies oonoocted by ignorant
prctendoru to medical knowledge have weakened tho oon-
hdence Of the great majority Of sufferers in all adver-
tised remedies. They become resigned to a life Of misery
rather than torture themselves with doubtful p~alistives.
But this will never do. Catarrh must be met at every
stage and combated with all our might. In many cases
the disease has assumed dangerous symptoms The
bones and cartilage Of the nose. the organs Of hearing. Of
seeing and Of tasting 30 affected a. TO be useless. tho
uvula 30 elongated. the throat so inhamed and irritated
as to produce q constant and distressing cough.
SAsroRD's RADICAL CURE meets every phase Of
Catarrh. from . simple head cold 70 the most loathsomo
and destructive stages. II is local and constitutional.
Instant in relieving. permAnentin curing. safe. eoonom-
ioal and never-fsiiing.
Each package contains one bottle Of the RADICAL
CURE. one Dor Catarrhal SOLVENT and an IMPROVED
INHALER, with treatise; price, OIL.
PorTER DRuo AND CHEMICAL Co.. BOSTON.
The evening world., 1887-12-12
Finest Terrapin In tho World.

lfrOUl TIE BuHtraore SuN.l
altimore 10 the leading market in the world for
terrapin. Tho finest species are probably found In
Chester River. although It requires q connoisseur
Of considerable ability to between
those caught IN Chester River and those taken from
other waters and marshes along the Chesapeake.
The Implements for catching terrapin are very
simple. They arc often taken by dragging In
waters where they are alternating, or the terrapin
hunter, armed with q stick, on one end OF which 10
q hook, win walk around the marshes inserting 1t
into holes made by musxrats anu other animals,
tho hook end Ia inserted and his terrap,nship
10 brought forth. Several are often taken from one
bed. They are in q state Of lethargy when caught
In the winter season. In very cold weather they
Will often freeze, and, though heroically tested,
they show no evidence of life. IL submitted to
warmth they will most likely die when In this con-
dition, though " placed In q vessel OF cold water
they will! generally thaw out.
Although Maryland has the reputation for serv-
can purchase q plate Of real diamond-b back at hotels
or restaurants, while In other States II is next to
Impossible to purchase 1t prepared. The cost Of
real terrapin-and the fact that sliders, q cheaper
species, can be easily worked In when preparing
the dish-ofers an inducement to caterers 10 ms
lead. But in many cities outside OF Baltimore
where the palate OF the connoisseur Is less Guilt
waited, an analysis Of q dish of terrapin, which
was billed on the menus - "Terrapin, Maryland
Style" would disclose q hash wherein the slider
has supplanted the diamond-back, and veal and
chicken are thrown in for bulk, with eggs manu-
featured for the purpose, the whole favored with
sherry, wine and spices. 1t Ii not surprising that
people who eat this dish AZ dlamond-baok prices 60
on wondering why people rave about terrapin.
The evening world., 1887-12-12

and $500 the same day in November from the
other. The handwriting on the envelope
which was directed to James Brown, care
of John Armitage d Sons. was that of O
w~oman-the peculiar English triangular hand.
When Brown came in Saturday, Sept. Is,
to report that he had had a good time and
would be at his desk Monday morning, he
was arrested and lodged in the Tombs. There
was a clear case against him, and he could not
get bail. He had but little money saved, and
when the case was called for trial, Dec. 23,
the outlook was black. He was not positively
identified as the man who deposited the
money in the savings banks. but it was q man
like him." There was still $500 to his
credit in one bank and $40 in another.
Waterman had been in Gastric, Oct. s, 1882,
and the letter was in his handwriting with
out doubt. To clinch this evidence against
him there had been found, about O month
after his arrest, in one of his old letter books,
an unused five-cent stamped envelope di-
rected in o woman's hand, Frederick Ran
dom, care of Mrs. Broadacre, Gastric, Santa
Lucia"
Browns counsel did not believe his client
innocent and strongly advised him to plead
guilty; but this Brown refused to do. As
the prosecution wove round him the net
from which there seemed 40 possible escape,
even Brown lost heart, for, when the District
Attorney rested, no stronger case of circum-
Btantial evidence had been presented In the
General Sessions for years. The prisoner
went on the stand. He could deny; but that
was all. As he was in truth innocent, there
was nothing to explain. No alibi was posi-
BILE. The prosecution conceded previous
good chAracter. No defense was possible.
The evening world., 1887-12-12
DID NOT TIP THE NEGRO.

A Crisis In the Life OF a Young Man with
40 Cents in nm Italian Barber's.
Ayoung man, the top of whose head had
lapsed beyond the barber's power, passed
into an elegant " tonsorial parlor " and sub
mitted himself to the artist of the shears like
o two-year-old lamb.
The time was that portion Of the week
when indulgence is cheek by jowl with COM
p~arative a%ffiuencs in the salaried mans life.
The artist, a little italian, who looked as If
you could make olive oil out of him, touched
the young mans collar.
PLEASE take it off. It is too high"
The victim had not been in the habit Of
meekly obeyed and gave explicit directions
as to how he wished the operation to be per-
formed.
The barber began to cut what hair he could
find on the patients skull.
You'd better not cut my hair. I haven't
got : Doodle , enough" murmured the young
"oh, I trim the hair q little with the
beard" said the generous artist.
1t wasn't SO easy. First the hair had to be
found. Then 1t was difficult to get enough
of it together to clip it symmetrically. But
the italian worried through and got to the
beard.
He went over this with a small lawn-mower,
singing the praises of an Incompatible hair
restorative in the mean while. Then he
thrust q hand. glass into the hand of the
cropped youth and let him study the effect.
"Cut it q little more at the sides, and so
that it can brush way to the points," said
the young bald-head.
Finally he was made to look like a bifur-
Gated Vandyck. Would he have a shampoo?
No. A little perfume on his mustache? No.
Some bay-rump No. Some-No, no!
Then he was released. pulled himself to-
gether. collected his collar, coat, overcoat,
umbrella and check Next, knowing that q
ride uptown or an economical progress
thither on his legs trembled on the figure on
the check, he looked at it.
the negro who had brushed him off with a
whisk- broom. The bill was thirty-hve cents.
The cash on hand was forty.
He did not tip the negro.
The evening world., 1887-12-12
FIVE FLOORS OF FAIR
One Hundred Thousand Dollars Already
Gathered for the Masonic Asylum Fund.

Gathered for the Masonic Asylum Fund.
The ladies who have conducted the phe-
nomenally successful fair in aid Of the fund
for the establishment of q home or asylum for
aged and INDECENT Masons and their widows
and orphans resumed operations with re-
newed vigor to-day.
Their work for the preceding two weeks is
summed up in the encouraging report that
$lO0, 900 has already been earned for the OBJ
ject of the charity.
Five floors of the Masonic Temple, Twenty
third street and Sixth avenue, have been
coded by the Masons to their better halves,
bit by, bit, since the fair was opened, and II Ia
hoped that the weather will be fair all this
week, for they are in momentary expectation
Of q request from the ladies that the roof be
utilized also.
Col. l.. l.. M. Ehlers has labored constantly
for the success of the fair, and Saturday
night he received a testimonial from the
ladies in the form of q pair of beautiful
| vases, n music portfolio and O large Office
chair in Russian leather. Mrs. E.. b. Harper
and Mrs. H. II. Brockway headed a party Of
about forty ladies in the presentation.
This evening there will be q concert by the
members of German District 2s, with Max
Spicker as director. Mime. Horemann-
Koener, Miss Leonora Chapman, Charles
Kaiser, @. E. Duff, N. Horemann and Fred
Kropff will participate.
It goes without saying that inasmuch az
there are more goods in the large hall than
could be sold in q week ordinarily, and
which must be disposed Of all the same, they
will be sacrificed to purchasers. And there
are myriad articles, beautiful, useful and
ornamental for Christmas gifts.
The evening world., 1887-12-12
~THs 'w0RE9::, MbND1Y vENffE TEcFMBNRg faga' Bggz.

work, 20 that ahe may have no chance OF holding
communications with the outside world. The
only amusement sho n allowed to indulge In In q
posed TO go TO mourn for the dead. This mourn
Ing, l must confess, 10 performed In n manner
Ing been carefully excluded, the Aigerine ladies
drive, closely yelled, to the cemetery. once inside
the gates, they throw aside their wells, and, seat
Ing themselves upon the tombstonea, prepare TO
make a day OF II. They also go provided with a
substantial luncheon, and they spend tho whole
feIlow-mourners. Al sunset they resume their
veils, mount into their carriages and are driven
back to their homes, which they will not quit until
tho following Friday. The most painful part of
the fate of these women 10 that, although they may
fulnl every duty Of their position with the most
perfect exactitude, and may even love their hus-
bands tenderly, the law allows them to have no
legal claim upon them. A any time OF the day or
reason DESTROYS OF being rid Of her, he has only TO
lead her to the door, and, by pronounoing. the
simple words ''you are divorcet,n he Is free from
her for avar
The evening world., 1887-12-12

Of all kinds OF watches, and ne mas gradually but
steadily come up, not with o mushroom growth.
but with a solid, healthy development, until now
he is counted a. one not only Of the most skilful
eIpsrts in watch repairing ana adjusting, but one Of
the most successful watch and diamond dealers In
the trade. He started by selling the American watch
only, regarding 1t superior to any other and Offer
ing facilities for scientifically developing its repair
and adjustment. While the basis OF the American
watch Is good, Mr.. Crossman early established the
plan of taking apart every watch which he handled
and keenly examined for individual defects, which
he thoroughly removed.
The consequences are that he furnishes his Gus
TONERS with really flpe timekeepers nj very mod
crate prices, 90 he brings watches with movements
ordinarily considered imply ''good grade" mp 10
the performance OF more expensive time pieces.
For doing this successfully he has special facilities
and one OF the largest watch repair shops In the
city, and. what Is more important, all repairs to
watches are made by specialists OF recognized
ability.
MT. Crossman handles principally Elgin. end
Waltham watches, each OF which Is TRAINED"
before going to the customer In the manner above
described. His many new and attractive styles In
fourteen and eighteen carat cases, together with
the varied stock Of loose and mounted diamonds,
jeWelTy and chains, will certainly tempt intending
purchasers during the coming holidays. His square
dealing no less than his entire competence entities
him to The confidence end trade OF our readers.'.'
The evening world., 1887-12-12

the BARRIERS talk, says: mo. No bay rum;"
No! No shampoo !" "Noii No hair
tonic" and springs down released, grabs a
hat, and, as he goes out through the base
ment, is seized with the idea that the hat
doesn't fit.
He twists it round, but 1t doesn't At then.
He takes II off. looks at it, sees from some
isn't his hat, and awakens to the fact that
somebody has left him q two-dollar Bowery
Derby for his ive-dollar brain-cover.
That is the way il generally. works: The
on the side of the right hat. Nothing can be
done, The good hat is gone. The fact is,
too, that ii won't be returned. They never
return the good ones, and the owners Of the
bad ones don't care 80 much about their res
toration.
Hat-bands are q safeguard to honest wearers
Of twin Derbys. The broad strip Of ribbon
with the monogram worked in c.lored silk is
OF great service against any honest mistake.
1;t man picks ,.Ils up the he! hat 4 that 4 i has ssh a cherry
on it and he knows that il isn't his, which
has q baby-blue ribbon with purple IN. U.
M" monogrammed on 1t, 30 he tries some
other hat.
occurrence in the BARRIERS shops or hat-raoks
at hotels. At the latter, however, the waiter
who keeps guard over the hat-rack frequently
remembers to whom the hits belong. The
darby at the Murray Hill Hotel is quite q
phenomenon in this respect. Dozens of
gentlemen leave their hats in the rack and
many of them are 80 much alike that o halter
could hardly tell them apart.
When the guest comes out, the smiling
Ethiopian briskly picks out the particular
hat which belongs to him and presents it
with o flourish. He doesn't make q mistake
once in 100 times. What his system of men,
orizing is does not appear, but he has got 1t
Town fine.
Where the hats are not only alike in ap-
pearance, but one fits as well as the other,
of course an absent-minded person can make
usually it amounts to the same thing, except
that some people may feel better to know
that their hats are on honest heads, even IL
they are not theirown. The hats go and they
do not return.
The evening world., 1887-12-12
The Plain Truth

Is that Hoods sarsapahlla has cured thousands of poo
pie who suffered severely with rheumatism. It neutral
izesthe Tactic acid in the blood. which causes those ter
rible pains and aches. and also vtAliEes and enrichss tho
blood. thus preventing the recurrence Of the disease.
These facts warrant us In urging you. II you suffer with
rheumatism. to give Hoods sArsaparillA q trial.
"Having been troubled with inhAmmatory rheumatism
for many years. my favorable attention was called to
Hoods SarsaparllA by an advertisement Of cures IL had
effected. l have now used three bottles Of Hoods SArsa-
parillA and can already testify 10 beneficial results. 1
highly ecommend II as a great blood purifier" ]. @.
AYERS. West Bloomfield. N. Y.
had rheumatism 30 that when I sat or lay down I
could hardly get up. Hoods SArsapArillA has almost
cured me-" p. CARNES. Gallon. o.
N. B.-If you make up your mind to try Hoods SArsa-
saparillA. do not be induced to take any other.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. 81; SI for IS. Prepared only By
O I. HOOD a o Apothecares, Lowell, Mas.
100 Doses One Dollar
The evening world., 1887-12-12
Girls Had Dolls in Pbar.oh,. Time.
TFrom he PhUadslph,o TYm,.,l

ITTOW 'e 1HftuuepHtu 1fHt5.1
Dolls have amused the girls Tor ages and seem to
have been well known in the days Of the Pharaohs;
for, in the tombs Of ancient Egypt, figures Of
painted wood, Of terra-cotts, Of ivory and Of rags
have been found whose limbs were made movable
for the delight OF children. 1t is quite probable
that Pharaoh's daughter threw aside q mimic child
for the real baby which she discovered 10 the
famous bullrush basket. In the tombs of Etruria
by the way, where was Etruria ?-similar toys
have been discovered; they were spread In the
East, and in China, al well as In India, movable
hand and Oh strings, or as shadowa behind a cur
tain. The ancient Greeks were experts In the
manufacture OF puppets, including wax dolls, and
several Of their poets allude to offerings of dolls to
Artemis and Aphrodite made by maidens before
their marriage.
The evening world., 1887-12-12
and had given her much pleasure-her father

and had given her much pleasure-her father
some amusement.
Sept. 15, 1888, Brown was arrested and
charged with robbing the firm of the sum of
$40, 900. 1t was asserted that he was not the
principal but an accessory and sharer of the
robbery, which had been committed in April,
1882, by the assistant cashier, William Water
man. Waterman fed to Canada, and from
there to Cuba. At first it was thought that he
had no accomplices, but in the early part of
1883 one of the members of the frm, the
Junior partner, received an anonymous letter
saying that Brown was the instigator of the
theft and a sharer in 1t, as would be developed
in the course of time, If the receiver Of the
letter would say nothing n keep a sharp
watch on the correspondence clerk.
Brown went on his vacation Sept. /. The
junior member of the firm ook his desk
while he was away, and, in r%ansacking it for
a missing letter from Santa Lucia. foundi in
an unused drawer this note in an envelope
bearing o Santa Lucia postage stamp;
Gastric, SANTA LUCIA, Oct. %, 1889.
DRAR B.: am nearly strapped. Draw q, 900
from Bowery and send to me Immediately. Draw
$500 and send Nellie from the Hancock, and take
the remainder. Thanks, old fellow, for the way
you have stood by me. Direct r. r., In care Of
Mrs. Broadacre. Yours, WILLIE.
The handwriting Of the letter was instantly
identified % Waterman'S. Upon inquiry at
the two savings banks, II was found that the
day after the robbery 5000 had been depos-
tied in one and $3.50 in the other to the credit
of James Brown; that subsequent deposits
had raised these to $4,000 and $1,070; that
$1,000 had been drawn In May and another
$1,000 In November, 1862. from one bank
The evening world., 1887-12-12
Algerian Women Have n Hard Time.
Iron All the Ysar 'Round.l

The lives the women lead In Algters, particularly
II they are young and pretty, are simply terrible.
When about fourteen an Algerian grl Ia married.
or rather sold, for 1t is scarcely more than a money
transaotion-to q man whom she has probably
never seen, but who from that moment possesses
absolute authority over her. II she belongs to the
higher classes she is usually restricted, even In her
husbands house, to one or two rooms. 'If she
were allowed TO wander up and down stairs she
might meet q man, " the husband says. The win
look into a courtyard, not a public street, but for
all that they are carefully covered with lattice